I've had a Betta (koi plakat) for about 6 months in a 6.5G long. The tank is planted, heated (77F), filtered, and cycled before she was put in.
Last night, she was laying on the bottom. I thought something was off with her gills and got worried so I took a video. Checked water params last night and 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite so I Googled a bit and figured it might just be her beard. She also perked up when I took the video and swam up to the surface (hoping for food presumably).
This morning, I woke up and she had died. Her color went from red to a brownish-white. She wasn't pineconing AFAICT when I took her out of the tank.
I'm pretty bummed about this. What could have happened?
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Here’s the full tank from a few days ago if it helps. I do about a 30% water change weekly (last one would’ve been about a week ago though).
I’ll add she’s the only fish in her tank and has a nerite snail roommate. The snail is OK as of this morning.
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Here’s a closeup from literally last night. I took this right after the video.
Hi OP, sorry to hear this. Long shot, what was the water change schedule for the tank? And pH?
We can’t tell without parameters.